<p><span>The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold</span><span> brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre. It presents a detailed picture of the Russian directorβs work from when it first emerged on the modern stage to its multifarious present-
Vsevolod Meyerhold (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
β Scribed by Jonatha Pitches
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 175
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
All books in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series are carefully designed to enable the reader to understand the work of a key practitioner. They provide the first step towards critical understanding and a springboard for further study for students on twentieth century, contemporary theatre and theatre history courses. This is the first book to combine a biographical introduction to Meyerhold's life a clear explanation of his theoretical writings an analysis of his masterpiece production 'Revisor, or The Government Inspector' a comprehensive and useable description of the 'biomechanical' exercises he developed for training the actor.
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